The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-05
MAGAZINE NOTICES

The St. Nicholas for May opens with beauti-
fnl frontispece Illustration, by Blom, to Catarina
of Venice, the "Historic Girl" whose romantic
history is related by 4. s. Brooks; while Nora
Perry, in An Only Daughter, tells of very mod
ern and unhistorc girl, whose story is, however.
none the less interesting on that account. Gen.
Adam Badeau tells the story of Sherman's March
to the Sea- Rose Hawthorne Lathrop contrib
utes a clever little story, called Indies Portrait
with drawing by Frank Day; Alice Wellington
Rollins has bright sketch Of Rainy May Day in
Central Park, Illustrated by Jessie Curtis Shop
herd; there is drol account Of Dolls Hospitals,
by Hope Howard and the first of a series OF
Child Sketches from George Eliot, by Julia Ma
gruder. The serials Juan and Juanita, by
Frances Courtenay Baylor, and Jennys Boarding
House, by James Otis contain chapters of pro-
gressiye interest; and there are other contribu-
tons by Alfred Brennan, Frank Dempster Sher-
man, Joel Stacy and others.
The initial number of Harper's Magazine for
May is upon The Recent Movement in Southern
Literature, by one of the rising poets of Virginia,
Charles w. Coleman Jr.The Three Tetons is a
bright narrative, by Alice Wellington Rollins, of
trip to Yellowstone Park, in which racy dialogue
is interspersed with accurate description. A dog
en- illustrations are furnished by Harry Fenn
Weldon, Graham and Brush. The celebrated
French actor, Coquelin, contributes an extraordi-
nary paper. upon the art of acting. The second
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the Caucasus. reveals the strange features of
Southeastern Russia as witnessed at the time of
the recent Turco-Russian War. The Bombard-
ment of Kars is one of the illustrations by f. ID.
Millet. Apropos to the season ofldog shows is the
article on The American Mastiff by Charles c.
Marshall, with several fine engraVings of famous
individuals belonging tothat noble breed, and
reared In America. The fifth part Of Kathleen
oMeara's Russian novel, Narka exceeds in in
terest the previous instruments; and the fourth
portion OF Mr.: Howells's Boston novel, April
Hopes, gives five chapters more of char acter
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second part describe Cuautla, the fashionable re-
sort for tourists and invalids with its picturesque
sugar cane The second series OF Professor Rich
ard L. Elys Social Studies is begun with con-
sideraton OF The Nature and Significance Of Cor
porations
The contents of Scribner's for May are as fol-
lows: The Giovanni Bausan, of the Italian Navy
is the frontispiece, from an instantaneous photo
graph; The Development OF the Steamship, and
the Liverpool Exhibition of 1886, by Commander
+. Z. Chadwick, United States Navy with illustra-
tons frcm drawings, diagrams, and instantaneous
photographs furnished by the author; The Tide,
by Percival Lowell; The Residuary Legatee, or
TT posthumous Jest of the late John Austin
Part fourth (conclusion) The Residuary Request
by j. S. of Dale. Collection of Unpublished
Letters of Thackeray, II, with fac simile Ito be
continued in further numbers Forests of North
America, by N. S. Shaler, with illustrations drawn
by J. f. Murphy, H. Bolton Jones, E. j. Meeker,
G. K. Robinson, Eldon Dean, and j. ID. Woodward,
from photographs and drawings furnished by the
author; At Last, by Philip Bourke Narston, with
biographical note by Louise Chandler Moulton
Marse Arches Fight, A Story by Maria Blunt
An Irish Wild-hower, by Sarah M. b. Piatt; The
Story Of New York House-Y. lconclusion) by
Il. G. Bunner, Illustrated by A. B. Frost An Ocean
Graveyard, by j. Macdonald Oxley, with illustra-
tons by L. Jennings Taylor and Nj. j. Burns, and
chart of wrecks; The Manse: A Fragment, by
Coolidge; Seths Brothers Wife. Chapters XVIII
Xxx, by Harold Frederick; An Islander, Story
by Margaret Crosby; Words and Music, by Arlo
Bates.